Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Via Media (the middle path), a name which Anglican High-Churchmen claim for themselves, as holding a middle position between popery and ultra- Protestantism. SEE OXFORD TRACTS; SEE TRACTARIAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Via Dolorosa (Also called Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa). These names are used to signify either a series of pictures or tableaux representing certain scenes in the Passion of Christ, each corresponding to a particular incident, or the special form of devotion connected with such representations. Taken in the former sense, … Continue reading “Via Dolorosa”

Via Crucis (Also called Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa). These names are used to signify either a series of pictures or tableaux representing certain scenes in the Passion of Christ, each corresponding to a particular incident, or the special form of devotion connected with such representations. Taken in the former sense, … Continue reading “Via Crucis”

Via, Alessandro della an Italian engraver, flourished at Venice about 1730. He engraved some portraits and other subjects in an indifferent style, among which is one of the Virgin and Infant Christ, with St. Sebastian and other saints, after Paul Veronese. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v. . Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Via, Alessandro della”

Vi Laica Removenda (for removing laic force), in English ecclesiastical law, is a writ which lies where a clerk intrudes into an ecclesiastical benefice, and holds the same with a strong hand and by the great power of the laity. By this writ the sheriff is enjoined to remove by force, and to arrest and … Continue reading “Vi Laica Removenda”

Vezzosi, Antonio Francesco Member of the Theatine Congregation and biographical writer, born at Arezzo, Italy, 4 October, 1708; died in Rome, 29 May, 1783. At an early age he determined to devote himself entirely to the service of God and in 1731 he entered the Theatine Congregation. On account of his unusual abilities he was … Continue reading “Vezzosi, Antonio Francesco”

Vezelay, Council Of (Concilium Vezeliacum) was held in 1146, after the capture of Edessa by the Saracens. Louis VII, the archbishop, bishops, abbots, and many of the nobility of France, attended. St. Bernard, who was present, urged the king, with great eloquence, to succor the Christians against the Turks. The monarch was among the first … Continue reading “Vezelay, Council Of (Concilium Vezeliacum)”

Vexiouml;, Ancient See of (WEPIONENSIS.) The Ancient See of Vexiö, in Sweden, comprised the County of Kronoberg and the hundreds of Ostra, Westra, Östbo, and Westbo in the County of Jönköping. John Sigfrid, an Englishman from Northumbria, who had been court bishop to King Olaf Tryggvasson from 977 to 1000, left Norway for Sweden in … Continue reading “Vexiouml;, Ancient See of”

Vexillum (a banner) is the crucifix carried before the pope, with the figure towards him, to remind him that he should have Christ crucified ever before his eyes. The word vexillum also denotes a flag or pennon of silk or linen attached to the upper part of a bishop’s pastoral staff by a cord. This … Continue reading “Vexillum”

Vexilla Regis Prodeunt This “world-famous hymn, one of the grandest in the treasury of the Latin Church” (Neale), and “surely one of the most stirring strains in our hymnology” (Duffield), was writien by Venantius Fortunatus, and was first sung in the procession (19 Nov., 569) when a relic of the True Cross, sent by the … Continue reading “Vexilla Regis Prodeunt”